The Newham Sports Academy (NSA), run by former athlete Tessa Sanderson, costs £220,000 a year and is supported by the London Borough of Newham. But its £50,000 neighbourhood renewal funding ran out in March and Sanderson is now on the look-out for cash to secure its long-term future.
Sanderson told CYP Now she was confident of finding money to replace the neighbourhood renewal funding.
"Another £50,000 would be brilliant or we could find a major sponsor to come in so I don't have to keep worrying every year," she said.
"We have a young person here who has just qualified for the Commonwealth Games later this year. All these kids have so much talent."
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